Palin e-mail snoop imprisoned, despite judge’s recommendation of halfway house

Non-issue: The prison is 300 miles from his home, a tactic sometimes used to prevent visits from families, but in this case, that does appear to be the closest, federal, low security facility.

I hope anyone tempted to comment on this story will first stop to consider whether their opinion would still be exactly the same if the parties were reversed.

To me? It seems a little harsh, but it's probably a good reminder to others that rifling through and publishing someone else's personal data is a serious offense, not a prank.

The flip side to "I want my e-mail treated like normal mail" is that the same penalties will need to be levied. Private citizens can get in a lot of trouble for tampering with regular mail.

Bristol's dancing is also seriously offensive but we didn't put her in jail.

FTA, his father is a longtime Democratic State Legislator.

He was sentenced to a year and a day in a Kentucky prison camp.

Are you implying or insinuating that these facts are linked, or just mentioning 'em together?

Both facts were mentioned in the article. There really wasn't much to the article, in terms of content.